Improvement in ironing-boards



UNITED STATES PATENT @rrron.

ORLANDO S. PRIDE, YONKERS, NEW YORK, ASSIGNOR TO HIMSELF AND JOHN E. WOODRUFF, OF SAME PLACE.

IMPROVEMENT lN lRONlNG-BOARDS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 166,809, dated August 17, 1875; application filed April 24, 1875.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, OLANDO S. PRIDE, of

Yonkers, in the county of \Vestchester and.

' simple and convenient board for ironing shirtbosoms, which shall be so constructed as to hold the bosom firmly while being ironed, and which will enable the shirt to be readily put on and taken oft.

The invention will first be described in connection with drawing, and then pointed out in the claim.

A is aboard of suitable length and breadth, and which is made in two parts, the rear part being about half the length of the forward part. The two parts of the board A are hinged to each other by a cloth glued to their upper side, or by metallic or other hinges. In the forward end of the board A is formed a curved notch, a, to correspond with the form of the upper end of a shirtbosom. The board A is surrounded by a frame, to and between the forward ends of the side bars B of which are pivoted the ends of the forward cross-bar O of said frame. Upon the inner edge of the cross-bar G is formed a rounded projection, c, to fit into the curved notch a of the board A. The rear ends of the side bars B do not extend quite to the rear end of the board A, and are connected with the ends of the rear cross-bar D by rubber or metallic springs E. The frame B 0 D is made thinner than the board A, so that when pressed down it may be out of the way of the sad-iron.

In using the device the board A is passed into the shirt, and the neck band or collar is turned down into the notch a. The projection 0 of the forward cross-bar (J of the frame is then placed in the said notch a to confine the said neck band or collar, and the rear part of the board A is raised, and its rear edge is placed against the inner edge of the rear crossbar D, as shown in Fig; 3. The shirt-bosom is then drawn straight and smooth, and the frame B G D and the rear part of the board A are pressed down, as shown in Figs. 1 and 2. In this way the short-bosom will be held straight, smooth, and firmly, so that it can be quickly ironed. q

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent- An ironing-board, in two parts, hinged together, combined with a frame, having sidebars B B, elastically connected with rear bar D, as and for the purpose specified.

' OBLANDOS. PRIDE.

Witnesses:

RUDOLPH VAY, Trros. WVooDnUFF. 

